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Steam Powered Underwater Jet Engine

Posted by chrisd on from the seaquest-dsv-without-the-dolphin dept.

Bob Vila's Hammer writes "An Australian engineer, Alan Burns invented a very efficient underwater steam powered jet engine. "Steam that is produced from a petrol or gasoline fueled boiler emerges at high speed from a rearward-facing ring-shaped nozzle into a cone-shaped chamber. Shock waves created as the steam condenses are focused by the chamber to blast water out of the back. Besides powering watercraft pretty efficiently, it can also be used as an extremely robust pump. Pretty Cool."

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  1. Re:Guesses... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 0, Troll

    Frankly, in my experience, I've been able to generate in excess of 300 horsepower using Jolt Cola and beans. Experiments were halted when I blew out the wall of the lab. I did attempt to write a simulation using Visual Basic, however.